Carolina Videla | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 –4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 1st District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1968 |
| Party | Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Santo Tomás University (BA) |
| Occupation | University teacher |
| Profession | Social worker |
Carolina Videla Osorio (born 22 December 1968) is a Chilean social worker and politician. [1] [2] [3]
She was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention in 2021,representing the 1st District of the Arica and Parinacota Region. [4]
Videla was born on 22 December 1968 in Santiago,Chile. [5] She is the daughter of Luis Ricardo Videla Muñoz and Ana Mercedes Osorio Guevara. [5]
She is married to Joris A. Doris Van Parys and has two children. [5]
Videla completed her secondary education at Escuela Ricardo Silva Arriagada in the city of Arica. [5] She holds a licentiate degree in social work. [5]
She has worked as a cultural manager and folk singer. [5] Between 2001 and 2004,she served as Coordinator of the Office of Culture of the Regional Government of Tarapacá. [5] She later worked on various social assistance and cultural initiatives. [5]
From 2013,she served as Head of the Municipal Consumer Office of the Municipality of Arica. [5] She currently works as Coordinator of Professional Internships and as a lecturer in the Social Work degree program at the Universidad Santo Tomás campus in Arica. [5]
Videla has been a member of the Communist Party of Chile since 1989. [5] Toward the end of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet,she was detained as a political prisoner in 1988. [5]
She is a member of the organization Mujeres Memoria y Derechos Humanos and of the Movimiento Mujeres de Luto Arica. [5] She was also a founding member of the first Union of Honorary Workers of the Municipality of Arica. [5]
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021,she ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 1st District of the Arica and Parinacota Region on behalf of the Communist Party of Chile,as part of the Apruebo Dignidad electoral pact. [5] She obtained 3,629 votes,corresponding to 6.34% of the valid votes cast. [5]